The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

the same way, my dear, as water is an offshoot, seek for
fire as its root. And as fire too, my dear, is an offshoot,
seek for Being as its root. Yes, my dear, all these
creatures have their root in Being, they dwell in Being,
they finally rest in Being. "And how these three deities
(fire, water and earth), on reaching a human being,
become each of them tripartite has already been said.
When a person departs hence, his speech merges in his
mind, his mind in his prana, his prana in heat (fire) and
the heat in the Highest Being.
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"Now, that which is the subtle essence-in it all that
exists has its self. That is the True. That is the Self. That
thou art, Svetaketu."
"Please, venerable Sir, give me further instruction," said
the son.
"So be it, my dear," the father replied.
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